Michael B. Jordan is producing, and conceivably featuring in, his own Black Superman restricted series for HBO Max, reports Collider.
The series is supposed to base on the Val-Zod manifestation of the superhero, who accepted the responsibility as DC’s second Superman of Earth-2 during the New 52 time. Val’s parents were executed by Krypton’s court, after which the future superhuman barely gets away from his house planet’s destruction and is shipped off Earth 2, an alternate universe version of DC’s Prime-Earth. In the wake of spending his childhood in isolation and battling with agoraphobia, he’s found by the Wonders and taught to use his powers by Red Tornado.
It’s unclear now whether Jordan’s Black Superman will adapt the superhero’s origin story from the comics or tell an original story. Jordan has signed on to produce by means of his Outlier Society production organization. It’s additionally said there’s an opportunity he’ll play the featuring role, yet evidently he hasn’t made a responsibility on that front right now.
The project seems to be very early in development; Collider reports that it was unclear from the start whether the project would turn into a feature film or a limited series, however presently says that Jordan’s Black Superman is in reality being planned as a limited series for HBO’s streaming platform. While an unnamed writer is apparently connected to pen the script, no different insights regarding the project’s cast or team are remembered for the report.
Jordan’s Black Superman project is a separate project from the new Superman film coming from Warner Bros., J.J. Abrams, and Ta-Nehisi Coates, which will likewise apparently star a Black lead. It’s unclear now which alter ego will make that big appearance for the impending film, which presently doesn’t have a set release date. Coates has just said he’s looking forward to”meaningfully adding to the legacy of America’s most notorious mythic legend,” while Abrams added ambiguously, “There is a new, powerful and moving Superman story yet to be told.”
